To be honest, our government goes bananas with all that battles against children porno.

Yesterday, several "clever" people from Rospotrebnadzor (the federal service responsible for supervision of consumer rights protection and human well-being in Russia) found several ecchi pictures here, on DA. And, to be honest, I don't think it's SO MUCH ecchi at all (just look)

Only ecchi pictures, nothing more, because DeviantART admins maintain order very good! And we all know that 18+ block for such kind of pictures, right?

BUT... they (these people in Rospotrebnadzor) decided, that these pictures are equivalents of children porno or EVEN HENTAI, so DeviantART should be closed only because of THAT REASON. WHERE YOU can see here a porno, huh?!

I don't know even how to react on it!There are A LOT OF porno-sites in Internet, but WHY DeviantART should be first of them to be blocked in my country?!!!

I have a little different provider in my city, so I can still write this message here, on DA.

DeviantARTists from my country want to write a petition - I COMPLETELY SUPPORT them!

Even if it was closed, we know A LOT OF WAYS to be here, avoiding stupid prohibitions.And my internet provider still gives me an access, thanks goodness.

UPD: I don't think it connects with politics. Rospotrebnadzor works for a long time,but it wasn't so strange and blocked only real strange-content-sites. I know that wish toprotect young children from porno stuff, but there is an Internet andwe should used to it!

UPD2: oh, it's okay! My little-city-provider blocked only these pictures (on which I gave you links above - I can't see them now), so there are no problems (for me)! Well done!

UPD3: DeviantART is opened. The petition and a lot of angry artists did a great work! XDDD

Well... Its really ridiculous to hear that DA is going to be first blocked and not other porn sites n.n´ We know DA has its own rules, and for that main reason they have the 18+ block. Sometimes those people in charge of human rights can exceed some matters in order to do good but in this case they shouldn´t start blocking accounts, it can only make people angry and also they don´t have rights about what you want to do or watch in the internet.

I don´t think those galleries show children porn at all, its not even close to it.

Im so glad to hear that the petition worked and that every angry artist is going to be able to come back and draw freely

If there is anyone who should be in control of who sees what on the internet, it should be the parents job of the child. I really hate it when any higher official, political or not, tries to sensor anything. It shouldn't be their concern even if it's for a good cause. There's other ways to stop such media, completely blocking it isn't going to work ):

That's so stupid! DeviantART is a place to put your art, it's just a coincidence that some people like hentai and they post it. Just because it could be featured doesn't mean it has to be prohibited.(and I didn't know you were Russian! I'm Russian too but I live in America!)

With all the political hate from russian goverment towards the "West" it's not a big surprise. Why watch foreign porn when there's plenty of their own ХЪPersonally, I think your gov's gone insane.Next step is probably to close all of the Internet and run Cheburashka instead...Going back to USSR

I wish my country, Indonesia wont do the same thing. This is hurting me. Really. I understand what goverment think about this problem, but i think their way is wrong. Artists needs to study nude. Differents from people who just watch porn. This is an unfair things. I am afraid, really. I want to make dA as my money maker someday. And I met a lot of friends here. I study alot here than school. This is where I got bunch of inspirations, friends, and everything. Sigh, I talked to much. But I hope everything about dA is fixed on all country. No need to be blocked. Good luck !

Oh god, but WHY block dA ? It's just a stupid action to make believe that they are really fighting, but c'mon, there are 235413215 porn sites in the internet and dA is not one of them ! But I'm glad if you don't have problems ♥

deviantART is very bad for porn and anime porn... not surprised governments are starting to take action.I for one have had enough seeing such filth, wish they would block people and images containing that here hmmespecially the anime stuff it's everywhere!!! such depravity, even my dad is ashamed for recommending the site to me, he didn't realize it was that bad on here until he checked my complaint

I have reported some rather offensive drawings before and deviantART staff have ignored it, especially if the perpetrator is popular amongst the community members and the comments on some of the less offensive photo's and such are worse than the actual photo itself, these sicko's should be banned and educated lol

it's good though that they didn't actually ban the site to you guys, under the trash are some rather impressive artists~